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Labour will try to amend the government’s fire safety bill this week, after it emerged that over 80% of private sector accommodation with Grenfell-style flammable cladding has not had the dangerous material removed. The party will try to…
A parliamentary petition to introduce a new law to ensure the protection of shop staff and create a "specific offence of abusing, threatening or assaulting a retail worker" has reached over 58,000 signatures. Launched by union Usdaw last…
Keir Starmer has said that “all allegations of racial profiling must be taken extremely seriously” after Dawn Butler reported that she was a victim of racial profiling when stopped by the police over the weekend. Commenting this afternoon…
Labour frontbencher Cat Smith has described the way that the Tory chief whip handled allegations against an ex-minister and serving Conservative MP as "terribly disturbing" in an interview with LabourList. The shadow minister for young…
The racial bias in the UK’s drug laws cannot be ignored and has only become worse with Covid-19. Figures from the Ministry of Justice show that in 2018-19 one in five of those found guilty of cannabis possession in England and Wales were…
Labour has said that the latest statistics on knife crime reported by police forces across England and Wales show a "decade-long failure to tackle knife crime" under the Conservatives. Responding to crime data published by the Office for…
Labour has put together the following 12 questions about the new local coronavirus lockdowns in the North of England for the Prime Minister to answer at the midday press conference: What is the guidance for clinically extremely vulnerable…
The PM is at it again. As LabourList readers know, misleading parliament – and people generally – is a favourite hobby of his. You'll remember of course his dodgy adding up on the immigration health surcharge, and when he contradicted what…
Keir Starmer has declared that the call from Black Lives Matter to 'defund the police' is "nonsense", and said it is a shame that the international movement is "getting tangled up with these organisational issues". In an interview with BBC…
Nick Thomas-Symonds has asked to work with the government on a judge-led review into the response needed to address a "highly dangerous and growing threat of lone attackers". In a letter to Home Secretary Priti Patel today, Labour's Shadow…
Labour has welcomed new plans to provide domestic abuse victims with stronger protections in the family justice system, as the government announced an "overhaul of how family courts deal with the horrific crime". Reacting to the news today…
Labour Together has published its report into the 2019 general election defeat. The review seeks to paint a picture of the current state of play for the Labour Party, and sets out recommendations for a way forward to build a winning…
